State Violence and Genocide in Latin America (eBook, ePUB)

The Cold War Years
Redaktion: Esparza, Marcia; Feierstein, Daniel; Huttenbach, Henry R.

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This edited volume explores political violence and genocide in Latin America during the Cold War, examining this in light of the United States' hegemonic position on the continent.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 272
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. September 2009
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781135244941
• Artikelnr.: 42975730

Autorenporträt

Marcia Esparza is an Assistant Professor in Criminal Justice Department at John Jay College of Criminal Justice in New York City. Henry R. Huttenbach is the Founder and Chairman of the International Academy for Genocide Prevention and Professor Emeritus of City College of the City University of New York. Daniel Feierstein is the Director of the Center for Genocide Studies at the Universidad Nacional de Tres de Febrero, Argentina, and is a Professor in the Faculty of Genocide at the University of Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: Globalizing Latin American Studies of State Violence and
Genocide Marcia Esparza Part 1: The Roots and Theoretical Underpinnings 1.
U.S. Hemispheric Hegemony and the Descent into Genocidal Practices in Latin
America Luis Roniger 2. Political Violence in Argentina and its Genocidal
Characteristics Daniel Feierstein 3. Genocide in Chile: An Assessment
Maureen S. Hiebert and Pablo Policzer 4. Understanding the 1982 Guatemalan
Genocide Marc Drouin Part 2: The Mechanisms of Violence 5. "Industrial
Repression" and Operation Condor in Latin America J. Patrice McSherry 6.
The United States and Torture: Lessons from Latin America Jennifer K.
Harbury 7. State Violence and Repression in Rosario during the Argentine
Dictatorship, 1976-1983 Gabriela Aguila 8. U.S.-Colombian Relations in the
1980s: Political Violence and the Onset of the UP Genocide Andrei
Gomez-Suarez Part 3: The Aftermath of State Violence and Genocide 9.
Political Violence, Justice and Reconciliation in Latin America Ernesto
Verdeja 10. Vicious Legacies? State Violence(s) in Argentina Guillermina S.
Seri 11. Courageous Soldiers (Valientes Soldados): Politics of Concealment
in the Aftermath of State Violence in Chile Marcia Esparza 12. Bringing
Justice to Guatemala: The Need to Confront Genocide and Other Crimes
Against Humanity Raúl Molina Mejía